On this day: 22 June

Selected events and births on 22 June, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1911 – King George V and Queen Mary (both pictured) were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. Read more: George V Mary of Teck Coronation of George V and Mary
• 2023 – Irish broadcaster RTÉ announced that between 2017 and 2022 it had paid €345,000 more than had been previously disclosed to presenter Ryan Tubridy. Read more: RTÉ RTÉ secret payment scandal Ryan Tubridy

Born on this day

• 1932 – John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, English businessman and politician, Leader of the House of Lords Read more: John Wakeham Leader of the House of Lords
• 1937 – Chris Blackwell, English record producer, co-founded Island Records Read more: Chris Blackwell Island Records
• 1945 – Rainer Brüderle, German economist and politician, German Minister of Economics and Technology Read more: Rainer Brüderle Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
• 1950 – Adrian Năstase, Romanian lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Romania Read more: Adrian Năstase Prime Minister of Romania
• 1950 – John Perdue, former West Virginia State Treasurer Read more: John Perdue West Virginia State Treasurer
• 1956 – Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani agriculturist and politician, 25th Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Read more: Shah Mahmood Qureshi Minister for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
• 1963 – Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna Read more: Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi Makuuchi
• 1968 – Miri Yu, Zainichi, Korean novelist Read more: Miri Yu Koreans in Japan
• 1975 – Urmas Reinsalu, Estonian academic and politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Defence Read more: Urmas Reinsalu Minister of Defence (Estonia)
• 1999 – Sam Retford, Australian-English actor Read more: Sam Retford
• 2001 – Luciano Gondou, Argentine footballer Read more: Luciano Gondou
• 2006 – Zépiqueno Redmond, Dutch footballer Read more: Zépiqueno Redmond

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / June 22 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.